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Apr 12, 2006
04/06
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"The Great Failure of Wikipedia": Presentation by Jason Scott at Notacon 3 in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, April 8, 2006. Covers the universally-editable encyclopedia-like site Wikipedia , architectural and procedural choices by co-founder Jimbo Wales and the often-unintended consequences of these choices and philosophy. Includes short overviews of the Brian Peppers Debacle, the Ashida Kim Controversy, and the fallacy of "Notability" and "Neutral Point of View" as...
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Topics: Wikipedia, Jason Scott, Notacon
Source: Jason Scott
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May 14, 2004
05/04
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Jason Scott
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Overview of the Apple II Piracy Community of the early to mid 1980's, presented at the 5th Rubi-Con Conference in Detroit Michigan. Subjects covered include the unique aspects of the Apple II microcomputer architecture and culture, the methods of removing copy protection from software packages of the Apple II, and a very large helping of trivia. To illustrate some aspects of the "crack screens" and other Apple II graphics, an Apple II clone and several programs were provided. Speech...
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: The TEXTFILES.COM Audio Collection
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May 23, 2004
05/04
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Jason Scott
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Some of the documentary sessions were done by setting up in a space during conventions and recording short sequences with any attendees who wanted to speak about BBSes. Since these interview sets were unplanned and free-form, they went in really unexpected directions and ranged heavily in both subject manner and style. In one case, the interviewee did not want to be recorded on video, but wanted to be interviewed anyway. He claimed to have been a member of the pirate group Razor 1911, and to...
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Topic: Documentary
Source: BBS: The Documentary
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May 20, 2004
05/04
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Greg Ryan, Shari Steele, Larry Wood, Lee Noga, Jim Maxey
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BBSCON 1993 Broadmoor Hotel - Colorado Springs, Colorado Dealing with Adult GIF Images Online Greg Ryan, Exec PC (Moderator) August 27, 1993 - 10:45am, Ballroom A panelled discussion at One BBSCON regarding Adult images on BBSes, the legal considerations, and protection against the heavily varying laws of the country. Includes a question and answer session. The panel for this talk included Greg Ryan of Exec PC, Shari Steele of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Larry Wood of Compuserve,...
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Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Greg Ryan
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Apr 19, 2006
04/06
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Jason Scott
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"Your Moment of Audio Zen: A History of Podcasts": Presentation by Jason Scott at Notacon 3 in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday, April 7, 2006. A short introduction to a variety of subjects related to the idea of "Podcasts" or "Podcasting", including historical background of pirate radio, shoutcasting, streaming, and creating of shows. Subject matter strays in a variety of directions, including the talent behind creating a show, defining terms and what the future might...
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Topics: Podcasting, Notacon, Jason Scott, Textfiles.com
Source: Notacon 3
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Jul 13, 2004
07/04
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Jason Scott
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From the H2K4 Program: "Knowledge doesn't move forward without history and while there have been many steps to capture the stories, lore, and data of different aspects of computer cultures, a lot of the same mistakes are made over and over. In a fast-paced talk, Jason Scott of textfiles.com busts out some ideas, tools, and mindsets towards halting the loss, bringing the stories back, and making something to build upon instead of throw away. Along the way, expect a few bucketloads of trivia...
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Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: Private Collection
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Apr 13, 2008
04/08
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Jason Scott
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Presentation by Jason Scott at Notacon 5 in Cleveland, OH. Now and Then, Here and There: Editing. Starting from the story of hitting a coyote, Jason Scott describes the nature of editing, our growing roles as editors of our own lives and content, and the future directions editing can take. Hints about the process are given, as well as a number of anecdotes related to Jason's own projects.
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Topics: editing, documentary, Jason Scott, Notacon
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May 13, 2004
05/04
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Jason Scott and RaD Man (ACiD)
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Since the first time that machines could calculate, people have twisted, modified, hacked and played with them to create art. In a fast-paced hour, we're going to do our best to capture 100 years of computer art, the magic of the art scene, the demo scene, and a dozen other "scenes" that have been with us as long as computers have. Prepare yourself for a roller coaster of visual and audio history as your two over-the top scene pilots take you on "the story so far" to the...
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Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: digital audio
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May 20, 2004
05/04
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Ward Christensen, Nick Anis, Chuck Forsberg
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BBSCON 1993 Broadmoor Hotel - Colorado Springs, Colorado History and Lore of the BBS (How it Began - The First BBS) Ward Christensen, CBBS (Moderator) August 27, 1993 - 1:30pm (Ballroom) Ward Christensen (creator of XMODEM and co-creator of the first BBS, CBBS), Chuck Forsberg (creator of YMODEM and ZMODEM) and Nick Anis (Associate of John Dvorak and publisher of many books on technology and other subjects) hold a free-form reminiscence and discussion of old-time technology issues. Christensen...
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
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May 18, 2007
05/07
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Jason Scott
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"Wikipedia, Brick by Brick" (sometimes referred to as "Brickapedia"): Presentation by Jason Scott at Notacon 4 in Cleveland, Ohio on April 27, 2007. Focuses mostly on the exploitable nature of open collaborative systems on Wikipedia, where the use of several methodologies allow manipulation of articles and policy. Touches briefly on the Essjay Controversy, where a 24 year old user of Wikipedia was able to successfully present himself as a multi-doctorate professor of...
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Topics: Wikipedia, Jason Scott, Jimbo Wales, Teddy Bear
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Aug 9, 2004
08/04
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Jason Scott
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After three years of production, director Jason Scott showed 16 minutes of footage from his upcoming documentary on Bulletin Board Systems, "BBS: The Documentary". In this audio recording of the talk, Jason describes the steps that led him to this project, the reasoning behind doing it, and some of the more entertaining and informative lessons he learned from it. The footage itself only makes a short appearance in this recording (the opening music and closing music are included), but...
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: Canon XL-1 Recording, Collection of Jason Scott
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Dec 11, 2006
12/06
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Jason Scott
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"Mythapedia": Presentation by Jason Scott at the STM (Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers) Innovations Seminar at Hilton London Kensington, London, England. After a biographical introduction to the speaker's love of information and archiving that led to the textfiles.com website, this speech covers Wikipedia and a number of myths as to its efficiency, dependency and usefulness. Topics include Wikipedia versus Casinos, the role of the Content Defender, and why Speed trumps...
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Topics: Wikipedia, Jason Scott, Jimbo Wales, Editing
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Jul 24, 2009
07/09
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David Baron
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Sockington-inspired song telling you not to mess with him. Released in celebration of over 900,000 followers of a simple friendly cat. Thanks to the songwriter, David Baron of Edison Music: www.edisonmusiccorp.com Lyrics: SOCKINGTON i''ve got your back man don't give me flack man just bring me salmon - and let me sleep yeah i'll be up soon if you wanna tweet me forget the c** f*** just give me money sockington i''ve got your back man sockington don't give me flack man sockington i''ve got your...
Topics: socks, sockington, pennycat
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Mar 4, 2006
03/06
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Jason Scott
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"This con sucks. In fact, every con sucks. Every con was better last year, and that con sucked too." While this sort of discussion takes place at hundreds of bars, hotel rooms and meeting spaces every year, it would be a good thing to have a solid body of knowledge about the history of hacker conferences, their roots and pre-roots, and trends they show as both a cultural event and context in the world. Inspired by Beetle's speech on Shmoocon held while at Shmoocon, discussing the...
Topic: conference proceedings
Source: Jason Scott
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May 16, 2004
05/04
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Jason Scott
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Interview with Ben Gardiner, Sysop of the Aids Info BBS in San Francisco, CA. A miscommunication as to the interview being on camera meant that Gardiner (a member of the Screen Actor's Guild) couldn't be filmed. We instead chose to do an audio interview, and conducted it across an hour on the evening of July 28, 2002. Presented here are the results of that interview, edited slightly for content (no relevant passages have been exised or changed). While running his AIDS INFO BBS, Ben Gardiner...
Topic: Documentary
Source: BBS Documentary
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Jul 7, 2004
07/04
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RaD Man and Spinsane
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In Episode 4 of The ARTS, Anthem substitutes as co-host while Spinsane is "on vacation"! Special guests include Evoke demoparty organizer Dipswitch live at the CCC Demo Show in Germany and a pre-recorded interview with Novus, the mastermind behind the Monthly Invitational Competition (MIC). Topics discussed include a recent field trip to the Internet Archive world headquarters, on-line scene compos and how to participate, the existing relationships between the hacking and demoscene,...
Topic: Speech
Source: digital audio
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May 20, 2004
05/04
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Phil Becker, Bob Hartman
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BBSCON 1994 Atlanta Market Center INFOMART, Atlanta, GA TBBS: Future Directions Phil Becker and Bob Hartman, eSoft August 17-21 1994 Phil Becker and Bob Hartman of eSoft present information about upcoming features and changes to ESoft's flagship product, TBBS. This talk primarily consists of Becker describing features and goals of the upcoming versions of TBBS to an audience of TBBS customers, with the assistance of his head of engineering, Bob Hartman. Contextually, this talk came at a time...
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
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May 20, 2004
05/04
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Dave Hughes
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BBSCON 1993 Broadmoor Hotel - Colorado Springs, Colorado NAPLPS - Universal Graphics for BBSs to the Internet Dave Hughes, Old Colorado City Communications August 27, 1993 - 1:30pm, Oval Room From the ONE BBSCON Information Packet: NAPLPS- The North American Presentation Level Protocol syntax, is an international standard for the presentation of animated text and graphics in an interactive telecommunications environment on any network, to and from any micro. For 10 of the past 12 years it had...
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
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May 20, 2004
05/04
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RaD Man and Spinsane
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Episode 3 of The ARTS discusses current events in the scene; including a recap of the Notacon art and technology conference, highlights from the top demo and music releases at The Gathering party in Norway, and an interview with fieserWolf of the notorious PC and C64 demo group MetalVotze. The show closes out with an exclusive remix of the classical Blue Danube Waltz; part orchestra, part IBM 1403 chain printer.
Topic: Speech
Source: digital audio
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May 21, 2004
05/04
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Bob Hartman
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BBSCON 1994 Atlanta Market Center INFOMART, Atlanta, GA TBBS Ultrachat Bob Hartman, eSoft August 18-21 1994 Bob Hartman, vice president of research and development at eSoft goes over the UltraChat product for TBBS. Ultrachat is a module that allows heavily customized chat offerings for a TBBS system. The session is a relatively short reading of the features of UltraChat by Hartman, followed by many questions from the audience; an excellent demonstration of the kinds of technical questions BBS...
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
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Dec 3, 2004
12/04
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RaD Man and Spinsane
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Spinsane breaks free from the insane asylum to return for ARTS Episode 5! Hear first hand how the inebriating effects of alcohol gradually sets in on our beloved co-host while special guest Legalize, main organizer of the Pilgrimage demoparty, breaks down the origins of 3D computer graphics and schools a lil' Rendering 101! Additional topics discussed in this program range from the recently revived Grapevine magazine, the upcoming MindCandy DVD vol.2, airfare prices to Assembly 2004, new ANSI...
Source: digital audio
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May 21, 2004
05/04
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Kevin Behrens, Norm Henke, Greg Ryan, Kathy Sussell, Tess Heder, Dan Linton, Andy Keeves
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BBSCON 1994 Atlanta Market Center INFOMART, Atlanta, GA BBS Success Roundtable: Business Aspects of Pay BBSs Kevin Behrens, Norm Henke, Greg Ryan, Kathy Sussell, Tess Heder, Dan Linton, Andy Keeves August 17-21 1994 Part of a series of talks at BBSCON called "BBS Success Roundtables", in which Sysops of successful professional Bulletin Boards are presented on a panel to answer questions from the audience. The panel presented contains quite a few heavyweights in the same room and...
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
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May 21, 2004
05/04
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Bob Davis, Dr. James Carriger, William Curdy
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BBSCON 1994 Atlanta Market Center INFOMART, Atlanta, GA Missiles Into Modems Bob Davis, Dr. James Carriger, William Curdy August 17-21 1994 The actual title is "From Missiles to Modems", but is listed everywhere else as "into". The three presenters tell the story of the creation of the "Team Net" BBS, a BBS for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Port Hueneme, California. Besides the actual history of the Team Net BBS, they also give a general overview of the...
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
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May 22, 2004
05/04
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Mark Graham, Alex Hopmann
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BBSCON 1994 Atlanta Market Center INFOMART, Atlanta, GA Internet 101 Mark Graham, Alex Hopmann August 17-21 1994 Mark Graham is the President of Pandora Systems and involved with a variety of Internet Projects. Alex Hopman is president of ResNova software. The talk provides an initial, non-technical introduction to The Internet. Medium Notes: A loud buzzing accompanies some portions of the talk.
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
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May 21, 2004
05/04
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Lance Rose, Pete Kennedy, Mike Godwin
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BBSCON 1994 Atlanta Market Center INFOMART, Atlanta, GA BBS Law Talk #4: Responsibilities of System Operators Lance Rose, Pete Kennedy and Mike Godwin August 17-21 1994 Covers the responsibilities and legal issues for a System Operator. Moderated by Lance Rose, Attorney and board member of ONE, Inc., organizers of ONE BBSCON. Two panel members are: Pete Kennedy, Trial Lawyer, Austin, TX. Represented Steve Jackson Games for the seizure of the SJ Games BBS in the case against the Secret Service....
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
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May 22, 2004
05/04
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Scott Brinker
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BBSCON 1994 Atlanta Market Center INFOMART, Atlanta, GA Corporate Applications of BBSs Scott Brinker August 17-21 1994 Scott Brinker of Galacticomm gives a presentation on the use of BBSes within a corporate environment, and the advantages of an internal BBS as a communication channel. Medium Note: The questions asked by the audience are largely unintelligible on the audio track. Scott Brinker's responses are usually contextual enough to figure out what was asked.
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
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May 22, 2004
05/04
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Kevin Behrens, Norm Henke, Greg Ryan, Kathy Sussell, Tess Heder, Dan Linton, Andy Keeves
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BBSCON 1994 Atlanta Market Center INFOMART, Atlanta, GA BBS Success Roundtable: Creating a Worthwhile Service Kevin Behrens, Norm Henke, Greg Ryan, Kathy Sussell, Tess Heder, Dan Linton, Andy Keeves August 17-21 1994 Question and Answer panel with successful multi-line BBS sysops answering a variety of questions. This is the third in a series of panel discussions at this ONE BBSCON, and the questions are more generalized. Kevin Behrens of Aquila BBS, Norm Henke (PC-OHIO), Greg Ryan (EXEC-PC),...
Topic: Conference Proceedings
Source: From the Collection of Rev. Michael Chowning, O.F.M.
